Vehicle-wheel.



M4 S. WRIST.

VEHICLE WHEEL.

APPLwANoN 11LLD 111111126, 1912,

1,061,344. Patented May 13, 1913.

@Mundua UNrrElD' sra'ris PATENT oratori.-

MARTIN S. WIST, OF SEDALIA, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HOLMES H-ALL, OIF SEDALIA, MISSOURI.

VEHICLE-WHEEL.'

Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Patented May 13, 1913.

Appiieatioil meaaune 26,1912. seria1m.7oe,o53. 'y

vented from circumferential movementwith relation thereto.

A further object of the invention is t'o provide a simple and efficient wheel of this character which will take the place of the present pneumatic tired wheel and will avoidall the disadvantages inherent therein, suchas punctures and the like, and which will have an equal amount of resiliency.

Further objects of this Ainvention will appear as the v following specific description 1s read in connection with the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this application, and in which Figure 1 'is a detail side elevation with parts broken away. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view on-the line 2 2 of Fig. l.` Fig. 3 is a similar section on the-line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 represents the hub of the wheel which has radiating therefrom a plurality of spoke tubes 2 which are connected together by a rim 3. Mounted in the tubes and seated against the hub are compression springs 4 which are engaged by the inner ends of the spokes 5 which are slidably mounted in the tubes 2. The outer ends of the spokes are rovided with a fiat or substantially fiat iiead 6 which abuts the felly or tire rim 7 on its inner face.` This rim is constructed in the manner of the ordinary clencher rims and has its ends joined together by a bolt 8.

Surrounding the spokes and arranged between the heads 6 and the rim 3 are springs 9 which are compressed with the springs 4 upona. relative change in position between Athe rims 3 and felly 7 and also hold against the heads, the ends of the loop springs 10 which are secured to the felly, as shown, by bolts 11. These springs have their ends apertured to receive the spokes and are placed under tensionwhen the heads move upon the felly, as is the caseiwithzany of the spokes when they assume a. horizontal position and the bottom portion of the f elly is raised toward the hub. These springs 10, therefore, prevent circumferential creeping of the'spokes on the felly or t-he opposite condition, the felly creeping upon the spokes, and in order to prevent lateral movement of the felly with relation to theV spokes and the rim 3, there are secured to the rim 3 suitable flangesvor annular disks 12, which overlap the felly, as shown in'Figs. 2 and 3.

What is claimed is In a spring wheel, a hub, a/plurality of tubes radiating therefrom, a rim connected to said tubes,'spokes slidably mounted in the tubes and having heads, a felly surrounding t-he spokes and loosely engaged with the head, springs interposed between the heads and the rim and between the ends of the spokes and the hub, and bowed springs carried by the felly and apertured to receive the spokes, said last-named spring 'being held in engagement with the heads by the springs which are interposed between the heads landthe rim, together with a tire carried by the felly.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature in presence of two witnesses..

` MARTIN s. WEIsT.

Witnesses i CARLISLE TAYLOR, IRA G. BARTON. 

